Sunderland City Council
January 14, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, ddos ]
Sunderland City Council reveals to have been hit with phishing and spoofing emails, and at least one Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, back in November.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy website
January 1, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
Hackers launch an attack on the website of showman Volodymyr Zelenskiy following the announcement of his candidacy for president on New Year's Eve.
Hayley Atwell
December 24, 2018
•[ hack, leak ]
"Captain America" actress Hayley Atwell's nude photos are allegedly hacked and those behind it threatened to release the images, according to reports.
Warby Parker
December 20, 2018
•[ hack, brute-force, retail ]
Warby Parker discloses that roughly 198,000 of its customers may have been affected by a credential stuffing attack targeting the eyeglass retail chain. The unauthorized activity started on Sept. 25 and continued through late November.
Linda Frum's Twitter account
January 6, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
Conservative Senator Linda Frum's Twitter account is hacked. The attackers share personal information including her drivers license and post racial tweets.
SAIPEM
December 20, 2018
•[ hack, malware, energy ]
An attack on the Italian oil firm Saipem targeted servers based in India, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, and the United Arab Emirates. Hackers used a variant of the Shamoon virus.
Discountmugs
January 10, 2019
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
Another victim of Magecart. Discountmugs.com reveals that anyone who used a credit between August 5, 2018, and November 16, 2018 may have had their information compromised.
City of Lake Charles
December 29, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
City of Lake Charles reports security breach of its information technology systems.
College of Eastern Idaho
December 28, 2018
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
College of Eastern Idaho notifies a security incident discovered on September 5, 2018, when suspicious email activity was detected within an employee's email account.
Evercore
December 23, 2018
•[ hack, phishing, finance ]
Thousands of sensitive documents have been stolen by hackers in a cyber-attack on the influential investment bank Evercore, after an employee in London falls victim of a phishing attack.
Italian organization operating in the Oil&Gas sector
January 11, 2019
•[ hack, malware, energy ]
Researchers from Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab reveal a campaign against an undisclosed Italian organization in the Oil and Gas sector, exploiting CVE-2017-11882 to distribute the AVE_MARIA malware.
Resort Municipality of Whistler
January 5, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) is reporting that its municipal website, whistler.ca, has been breached.
Queensland EWN
January 5, 2019
•[ hack, malware, government ]
A hacker gains unauthorized access to the Queensland EWN, or Early Warning Network, and used it to send a spam alert via SMS, landline, and email to the company's subscribers.
Caribou Coffee
December 20, 2018
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
US coffee store chain Caribou Coffee announces a security breach after it discovered unauthorized access of its POS systems. The breach was discovered on November 28, and the company listed 239 stores of its total 603 locations as impacted.
The Wall Street Journal's website
December 17, 2018
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
The Wall Street Journal's website is defaced with a post containing a fake apology supporting YouTube megastar PewDiePie, previously accused of antisemitism by the same paper.
French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs
December 13, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
The personal information of 540,563 individuals is stolen from an emergency contact database after the website of the French Ministry of Europe, and Foreign Affairs is hacked.
SAIPEM
December 10, 2018
•[ hack, malware, energy ]
Italian oil services company SAIPEM is hit by a new version of the Shamoon malware. The attack started in India and hit the servers in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. Fingers are pointed to Iran.
Ukraine Telecommunications Network
December 4, 2018
•[ espionage, hack, technology ]
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reveals to have stopped a "massive" cyberattack against the country's telecommunications network, and blames the Kremlin for the attempted hack.
Caribbean Island Properties
December 4, 2018
•[ hack ]
Caribbean Island Properties is hacked by TheDarkOverlord.
CCRM Dallas-Fort Worth
December 16, 2018
•[ hack, healthcare ]
CCRM Dallas-Fort Worth becomes aware of a potential data security incident that may have resulted in the inadvertent exposure of patients' personal and health information, after a former nurse's email account is hacked.
